boeuf bourguignon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of boeuf bourguignon
< French: literally, Burgundian beef; see bourguignon
Example Sentences
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That Guillermo del Toro had never before addressed “Frankenstein” is a bit like Yo-Yo Ma overlooking the Bach cello suites, or Julia Child having blanked on boeuf bourguignon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Bill makes a root vegetable orange soup with duck hash, a deconstructed boeuf bourguignon and orange cream puffs with orange chantilly cream.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2022
The Julia Child Challenge In the season finale, the three finalists prepare four-course meals from Child’s classic recipes: a croque monsieur, duck a l’orange, boeuf bourguignon and a croquembouche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
We finally figure out a recipe that involves giving boeuf bourguignon a 36-hour stint in the freeze dryer.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
Mostly, I fed my own cravings—ordering those fig bars from Amazon in bulk, cooking boeuf bourguignon at 38 weeks.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2018
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